点滴英语天天学第240期:雅思词汇(77)
1. 词汇：kick the bucket
例句： If they invent a hoverboard before I kick the bucket, I'm definitely going to try it, no matter how old I am.
如果他们在我死之前发明了悬浮滑板，我一定会尝试一下，不管我有多老。
Any plant under my care kicks the bucket in about a week.
我照管的任何植物大约一星期就会死掉。
Your old friend Charley's not working here any more. In fact we heard he kicked the bucket down in Texas last winter; he got kicked in the head by a horse he was trying to saddle up.
你的老朋友查理已经不在这儿做了。事实上，我们听说他在去年冬天在得克萨斯州死了。他在套马的时候，那匹马往他的头上踢了一脚。
That old dog next door finally kicked the bucket. He was sixteen years old, toothless, blind and could hardly get around. Sixteen years is a long time for a dog, so it was time for him to go.
隔壁的那条狗终于死了。那狗已经有十六岁了，牙都没了，又瞎，行动也不便。十六岁了，对狗来说也是时候了。
2. 词汇：kick the habit
释义：To overcome an addiction, typically to drugs. （克服癖嗜，戒除恶习）
例句：It took gum and counseling, but I've finally kicked the habit—no more cigarettes.
这需要嚼口香糖和做心理咨询，但我最终戒掉了这个恶习——不再抽烟。
Unfortunately, the nature of addiction means that kicking the habit isn't as simple as just wanting to stop.
不幸的是，上瘾的本质意味着戒掉这个恶习并不像想要戒掉那么简单。
Many people have tried many different ways to kick the habit.
很多人试过很多不同的方法来克服癖嗜。
It's hard to kick a habit, but it can be done. I stopped biting my nails.
要戒除一个恶习很难，但可以做到。我不再咬指甲了。
I used to drink coffee every morning, but I kicked the habit.
我过去每天早上都喝咖啡，但我戒了这个癖嗜。
